My biggest annoyance is the misuse of the word ran. Candy did not want Allan Gore at the time that Betty attacked her, and, in fact, had never wanted him in the sense of wanting to marry him. Do any of us know what we would do when confronted by someone holding an ax? He married Candy Wheeler, who worked as a secretary at the time, according to Texas Monthly. I dont know how old Hartman elementary is but probably not old enough for BG to have taught there. Proper spelling and punctuation are essential in accurately conveying what is being described. Even the date Friday the 13th, 1980. You made the same mistake in two consecutive sentences. It's been over 40 years since Texas housewife Candy Montgomery killed her friend Betty Gore with an axe on June 13, 1980. 1. Wheres respect,any more?from some folks, God bless that baby..give her healing!! [8] Montgomery was subsequently found not guilty on October 30, 1980, by a jury consisting of nine women and three men.[8]. Wanting to hurt her emotionally. Flat out sickening and sad. How does anyone know what went on that day? Then I say that aliens came to Earth, killed Betty, and then planted a false memory in Candys brain. The y choose to believe that Candy attacked Betty with the axe, not vice versa. What kind of person spends that much time obsessing over someones grammatical errors? Doesnt seem that Candace would ever comment, but perhaps Mr. Gore and his children would be willing to interviewed. Its over 37 years and Candy must be around 67, now. That you got an understanding of the fact that she was a woman who was really struggling and had absolutely no help in any respect and just the loneliness of that of being somebody who needed help and was getting it from nowhere in the time when everyone was supposed to just be like, Ooh, I got married, so thats the rest of my life set.'. Pat is. No justice for the victims family. To Sweet D.: Most likely, Betty suspected the affair on some level, but before she asked Candy about it, she had not yet admitted it to herself on a conscious level. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. In the first episode of the true crime series, Candy is seen running away from Bettys house before jumping in her car and driving away. The Library of Congress lists Montgomery, Candace Lynn as a SUBJECT, tied to the title by Bloom and Atkinson. Candace Montgomery, now known as Candace Wheeler, lives as a free woman in Georgia today after being acquitted by a jury of nine women and three men. Join Facebook to connect with Candace Wheeler and others you may know. All of it took place in the utility room or started elsewhere and moved into the utility room. The only good news IS that one day she will have to stand before Jesus and be held accountable for any sins she has not sincerely repented of. Candy met Betty and her husband Allan Gore at the church she frequented, according to Oxygen, Candy and Allan eventually began having an affair that the latter confessed to after his wife Betty was found dead in the Gore family . During a hypnosis session with Dr. Fason, Candy revealed that she hated Betty. If I remember correctly, Candy had cleaned herself off in the Gore home after the murder. I attended her trial as I was working at the time for KDFW-TV. They were thus ill-prepared and lost. Its very scary. The way this sentence reads is someone wielded the ax 41 times, when it was really one incident in which the victim was hit 41 times. The Gore children, Bethany and Alisa, were left with a lifetime of unanswered questions as to what prompted another woman to kill their mother in such an inhumane way. (Its rather ironic that so many here have accused Candy of being crazy and in need of psychiatric care, when the truth is that Betty, not Candy, was the one who had psychiatric issues.) Despite being arrested and charged with murder, Candy was acquitted on October 29, 1980. Even Candy did not mind just taking care of their house and family, that is, until she got bored with the monotony of her routine in the late 1970s, driving her to (actively) seek out an affair. Well-liked in her Texan circle, she went to church regularly and was known as a doting. Thats because she wanted a purely physical undertaking no emotions, no attachments, and no responsibilities to which he agreed following weeks of deliberation. Boots (2021) accuses Ms. Robinson of being Candace Wheeler Montgomery without evidence, which is SOP [Standard Operating Procedure] for such fora. Yes, exactly. She had to be beloved and likable and nice and kind and someone that you can really get behind, and then after this crazy thing happens, I still want you to weirdly be behind her, she says. For one thing, she brought no weapons with her, and couldnt have known that the Gores would have an axe sitting just off the utility room. Grammar Nazis amuse me. Candace Georgia husband's name is Pat Montgomery, an electronic engineer. The best result we found for your search is Candace L Wheeler age 70s in Dawsonville, GA. She founded both . She was condescending towards Betty and when she thought maybe Betty was pregnant and going on this wonderful trip to Spain which is not attainable for many people Candace Montgomery and Allan Gore had had an affair that, she testified, ended months before the murder. She was raised as an Army brat and spent the majority of her youth moving from one military town to the next. According to Texas Monthly, Candy and her husband, Pat, left Texas soon after the trial in 1980 and moved to Georgia. I think it proves a lot in itself of her guilt that it was an offensive murder and not a defensive one. SMH And then there are the Youve Got To Keep Your Cool When Youre Attacked With An Axe people. Also, I just really noticed an error in your post , so Im going to point it out, and then I will finally be finished with this several years old article and comment, lol. Disgusting!!! Allan told her that he wasnt sure because Betty was pregnant with their second child. According to Entertainment Weekly, Candy changed her name back to Candace Wheeler (her maiden name) and still lives in Georgia, where she works as a mental health counselor with her daughter, Jenny. I do know there was absolutely no type of justice for Mrs. Gore or her babies none at all. During the fight, Betty told Candy to shush, which set Candy off and caused her to hit her with the ax to the point of utter exhaustion. During her hypnosis session, Candy claimed that she suffered from childhood trauma that was triggered when shes told to shush. On the day of Bettys murder, Allan was out of town. What she did went way beyond self-defense. Mrs Gore told the class she was pregnant and was waiting for her husband to come home and surprise him. Even if Candy wasnt the culprit, she is definitely a mean mean selfish person. As far as CM goes it is obvious that she is/was dangerously crazy. Even if Janice Robinson is not Candy, she definitely sees only one point of view. In 1980, Candace "Candy" Montgomery was a 30-year-old housewife living in Wylie, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. I dont know if you want to shy away from the brutality of it and how absolutely awful it was and the intensity with which it must have happened.. Allan also changed his story about his break up with Candy to making it seem mutual. If youve seen the first few episodes of Candy on Hulu, you may be wondering: Why did Candy Montgomery kill Betty Gore and was her motive to murder her best friend? Is it possible, I thought, that a normal, rational human being could be driven to react in so violent a manner of self-defense? [8][10] District attorney Tom O'Connell argued that Montgomery could have fled the scene instead of attacking Gore. Dont waste time for insignificant stuffs. I hope this manipulative murderer rots in hell. She did not plead Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. She pled Not Guilty Due to Self Defense. Thus, when she was acquitted, there was no finding of insanity, and no reason or justification at all for hospitalization, meds, or psychiatric evaluation.. After forcing their way into the family residence, they discovered Gore's corpse. Candy is based on the 2018 true-crime book, Evidence of Love, which investigates the real-life case of Candy Montomgery, a housewife who was accused of murdering her close friend, Betty Gore, in. Candy eventually got a divorce from Pat, and she now goes by her maiden name. Writing is communication, and thus should always be as clear, cogent, and as thoroughly correct as possible. I hit her, I hit her, I hit her and I hit her, a sobbing Mrs. Montgomery told the jury. Bettys kids had to grow up without a mother, because of this woman, AND their dad who couldnt keep it in his pants. I think after the assailant herself described how she killed an innocent woman, wife, mother and teacher; then took a shower and went on with her day like nothing happened, even after admitting she had an affair with the womans husband, but yet found NOT guilty by jurors is the real CRIME!! Where Is Candy Montgomery Now? Journalist Julia and Candy: Do you gals have any pieces on Darlie Routier? The death of Betty Gore is not the only bad thing she had done. According to a couple of demanding emails I received from her daughter, the owner of a counseling firm, Candace no longer works in that particular facility despite several "newsletter" type publications . [3] When he was unable to reach his wife on the telephone, he requested that their neighbors go to investigate. That was a reason Plano ISD disqualified her from sources I got many years ago after the murder. So how do you know her? I, along with R. Rehbein, wish only that they were expressed more cogently, with correct spelling. After killing Gore, Montgomery cleaned up, changed her shoes, and went to pick up Alisa as if nothing had happened. If a screenplay is based on publicly available information, such as that contained in newspaper, magazine, or televised news stories from the time period in which the event occurred, then payment would go to the copyright holders of said items, unless copyright has expired or been allowed to lapse by said copyright holders. So I asked this husbands co-workers husband (and I dont remember what his name was-in fact, I dont remember the co-workers name) if Candy Montgomery was pretty, lol. They divorced four years later. 41 years later, why we can't let it go", "Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I: Candy Montgomery's Affair", "Texas Church Lady Admits To Killing Friend With An Axe And Still Gets Away With It", "Candy Montgomery: The Real Story of The Texas Ax Murderer", "A jury decided Candace Montgomery was acting in self defence", "Verdict of not guilty stuns ax murder trial", "Accused murderer found innocent in ax killing", "Book About 1980 Wylie Axe Murder Is Re-released Digitally: Evidence of Love is a classic true crime tale", "Melanie Lynskey on That Chilling 'Yellowjackets' Finale", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Candy_Montgomery&oldid=1141053455, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 03:19. Your so ridiculous ABSOLUTELY absurd. What she testified in court was that Betty Gore had confronted Montgomery about the affair. I mean, candy went to Bettys house to pick up the bathing suit. The baby was found sobbing in her crib hours later by neighbors when they broke into the house at Allans insistence, after Gore failed to return any of Allans calls. Select this result to view Candace L Wheeler's phone number, address . According to Candy's testimony, she and Betty were talking. Did Allan tell you? No rubbing of anything in anyones face. Read on for the motive that was revealed in the trial for why Candy Montgomery killed Betty Gore and whether Candy went to jail for her best friends death. They married in the early 70s, and they moved to Wylie in 1977 with their son and daughter. Gore was found dead in her home on June 13, 1980, having been str Unless and until she writes her own book, any monies paid for the story will be to the copyright holders of the above noted book, if it is used as the basis for a screenplay. In this case, 41 blows from an ax, goes FAR beyond self-defense. It is already obvious that CM was never a real friend to BG. If they knew this would Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, etc have been alive and ki! I believe it was something cooked up by Candys defense to bolster her case, but I also believe that it was completely unnecessary. Soon we learned that this quiet woman had hacked her best friend to death, 28 blows to her head. Hey its me again. Think we can imagine how many times got jt wrong the other way. Sowhy did Candy Montgomery kill Betty Gore and what was the reason for her murder? Track homes should be tract homes as well. Who lives there? She had been hacked to death by someone wielding an ax an estimated 41 times. On June 13, 1980, the 30-year-old Gore was found dead in the laundry room of her home at 410 Dogwood Drive. The incident led Candys mother to take her to the hospital, where her mother told her to shhhh. In the next few sessions, Dr. Fason determined that Candys childhood trauma and the memory of her mother telling her to shhhh in a painful moment was what triggered Candys rage to kill Betty, who told also told her to shhhh before Candy killed her. Shes messed up my whole life. I am not Candy Montgomery. Born in November 1949, she is currently 72 years old. Candy didnt deny the affair and Betty reportedly brought out an ax. (Allan was on a work trip.) Are you daft? Allan Gore, meanwhile, moved to California with a new wife and kids. He was in Minnesota. The couples were good friends. In fact, on the day of the murder, the Gores child was in Montgomerys care. Sadly, Candace Montgomerys skilled defense attorney, Don Crowder, took his own life in 1998. More than four decades later, the tragic story of Candace Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore is resurfacing again in Hulus limited series .css-1me6ynq{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:#125C68;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#125C68;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-1me6ynq:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:#595959;}Candy. Murderer!' at . Powered by WordPress.com VIP. Youre terrified, your adrenaline is going, youre not thinking like you would be thinking if you were sitting in an armchair watching this on TV, and all you want to do is make sure the maniac who went and got the axe doesnt kill you. Candy and her husband, Pat, reportedly left Wylie and moved to Georgia. Today, Candy is said to still live in the southern state where she now goes by her maiden name, Wheeler. Usually that high number of hits with the ax shows extreme hatred and anger towards the victim. The now 71-year-old also reportedly goes by her maiden name, "Wheeler," now, and works as a mental health therapist. Dr. Fason then asked Candy to recall the first time she remembers feeling angry, which was when she was four years old and lost a race to a boy named Johnny, which caused her to break a jar. phone number (501) 796-0121 (360) 352-3133 and 2 more. Would you just crouch in a corner and let the person hit you with it? You have the wrong Candace Wheeler in this photo on the right (this woman is also named Candace Wheeler Montgomery but this isn't her) you should change that. CANDYs glasses were found in the garage..and no explanation has ever been given for this. As for Gore's family, . There is no excuse for your horrid writing. Wow, just wow. Agreed. They believe that Betty did attack Candy first, but they say that Candy inflicted too many axe blows for it to be self-defense. But these people believe that a person has no right to a rage response when attacked with an axe, and/or its impossible that the rage was caused solely by the attack, and that if there is a rage response, self-defense becomes murder or manslaughter. WHO cares.. if its are not dotted,etcespecially in such a horrible thing happened to a childs mother!! Obviously, this form of self protection finally failed when Candy was at Bettys house that day, leading her to ask Candy whether or not she and Allan had an affair. She said that Gore confronted her about the affair and made a grab for the weapon first, the two women fought over it, and then Montgomery killed Gore. After Allan and Bettys baby, Bethany, was born in July 1979, Allan and Candy resumed their affair, with Allan realizing that Candy was more reserved than before. Something should have smacked this evil whench right in her face long before now, but it hasnt. I saw the errors too but decided not to criticize. She never even showed any remorse, and to this day, it angers me. The whole story sounds weird about the struggle Candy went through with Betty. My heart goes out to people who have been legally exonerated yet cannot escape slanders based upon wrong-headed assumptions. Hers, as you wrote it, would translate to her is, which would make the sentence something like, She went over to the Gores [sic] house while the kids played at her is to pick up a bathing suit.. This way she purposely killed her and then fabricated the no merit self defense story. It was later revealed that Gore had discovered Montgomerys affair with her husband, Allan Gore (Pablo Schreiber). Candy changed her name back to . If Betty had started treating Candy like a woman who had hurt her, refusing to allow her daughter into her presence, that would have been an admission of something that her mind was not yet ready to admit. But I have had life experiences that most people have not, and these experiences have led me to have more sympathy than most for people who are falsely accused of a crime. I just looked her up, she has 2 stars for ratings and a 1 star in google ratings, so must not be a great counselor shocker. thehardtimes.net. The duo had taken on the traditional roles of homemaker and breadwinner by that point, though, primarily because Pat was a hard worker who could comfortably provide for them all. Affair of Candace Wheeler Montgomery: The friendship grew, and family members became well known to each other. She had been hacked to death by someone wielding an ax an estimated 41 times.. [3], The crime was investigated by Steve Deffibaugh with the Collin County Sheriffs Department. The said incident took played in Whylie, Texas on June 13, 1980. At that point Candace could have left and Betty might still be alive. Fight or FLIGHT against a person swinging heavy 3 foot long ax while Im next to an open garage and unarmedid choose FLIGHT. Montgomery said she initially tried to defuse the situation and escape, even telling Gore she no longer wanted Allan. I had just moved to Dallas when this was going on. While at Bettys home, Betty accused Candy of having an affair with her husband, Allan, which Candy confessed to and told Betty that the infidelity happened a long time ago. According to Candy, Betty then left the room and came back with an ax, which she used to threaten Candy with to never see Allan again, which Candy agreed to. Candy Montogomery aka Candace Wheeler is an American homemaker. There is a huge difference between the damage a hand can do and the damage a gun can do. I kept hitting her. Created by Robin Veith for Hulu, Candy is a crime drama miniseries starring Jessica Biel, Melanie Lynskey, and Pablo Schreiber, telling the tale of Candy Montgomery, who was accused of murdering her best . Candace not only did not go to jail but paid no damages and made money with a TV show, a book, and then was offered a movie deal which Alan from what I understand said no finally. Buy: Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs by John Bloom & Jim Atkinson $21.99. Psychiatrists testified at the trial and claimed that Candy had a dissociative reaction that led her to stab Betty repeatedly. Everyone has their opinion but I dont agree with you. In 1980, Candace "Candy" Montgomery was tried for the brutal axe murder of her friend, Betty Gore. Candace Wheeler is 73 years old today because Candace's birthday is on 11/15/1949. She changed her name from Candy It doesnt work that way. When someone comes at you with an axe, you are entitled to take as many blows as necessary to disable them, and Candy couldnt be expected to know at what point exactly Betty could have survived her wounds and at that point exactly to stop defending herself. I was so shocked to find out that this lunatic got off. Gores body was not found until late that night. Find details of her jail term Candace Wheeler Montgomery was imprisoned and held a short time after police determined she was liable for the murder. I think the horror of being in that situation is worse than any of us can imagine, and the response to it would be very primal, much like the movie. Maybe the next thing is to make a movie about that poor house. You evidently believe that 41 blows makes it not self-defense. Look at this. Dalia Faheid is a reporter on the Star-Telegrams service journalism team. Wells once said, Make a man sufficiently angry, and staring back at you are the red hot eyes of the caveman. We dont like to think a suburban, churchgoing housewife could turn into the caveman. But thats what happened, a uniquely haunting contrast. Im very attracted to you and Im tired of thinking about it and so I wanted to tell you. Candy then exited Allans car before he could say anything. So is this what you tell yourself to justify what you did, Candy? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Anyone who lived in North Texas in the early 1980s remembers the murder of Betty Gore, and the murder trial of Candace Montgomery, the woman who killed her with an ax. If someone says shhh to her, what will happen? Karma does have a way to come back and bite you in the ass. I also cant believe the jurors verdict. During the assault, Gore was struck 41 times with a wood splitting axe. This is more than just a typo. Candice Wheeler. Karma will collect. According to her testimony, the exchange started out cordially, but then Gore asked about the affair. All we know, per the Daily Mail, is that Montgomery and her kids left Texas and relocated to Georgia.